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The age of everything

Hedman, Matthew, 1974-

The age of everything how science explores the past / [electronic resource] : Matthew Hedman. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007. - 249 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The calendars of the classic Maya -- Precession, polaris, and the age of the pyramids -- The physics of carbon-14 -- Calibrating carbon-14 dates and the history of the air -- Carbon-14 and the peopling of the new world -- Potassium, argon, DNA, and walking upright -- Molecular dating and the many different types of mammals -- Meteorites and the age of the solar system -- Colors, brightness, and the age of stars -- Distances, redshifts, and the age of the universe -- Parameterizing the age of the universe.

Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

ISBN:

LCCN:

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA768332 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Archaeological dating.
Archaeology--Technological innovations.
Radiocarbon dating.
Science--History.
Geochronometry.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Earth--Age.
Solar system--Age.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: CC78 / .H44 2007eb

Dewey Class. No.: 930.1